Get Creative with Google to Land Your Dream Job

I was browsing through my RSS reader this week and I came across an interesting post on Jonathan Volk’s blog. It is a story of how a guy landed a dream job by getting creative with Google.

Here is the video:

He basically created a campaign on Google AdWords, bidding on the name of the directors of five advertising agencies he wanted to work for. The ad said something like: “Hey John Doe! Googling your name is fun, and hiring me will be fun, too!”.

Once the directors searched for their names on Google (who doesn’t, these days?), they found the ad on the first result, clicked on it, and ended up in a page where the guy had his resume and explained why they should hire him.

Was this effective? You betcha! The guy got an interview with four out of the five directors, and a job offer from two of them.

Creativity can take you a long way.

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15 Responses to “Get Creative with Google to Land Your Dream Job”

Arsene Hodalion May 25, 2010 10:38 pm

HA! One of the most creative ways I’ve ever seen to get a job. That guy fully deserves the job he got (if not better).

Creative.
Genius.
Priceless.

Misty Khanon May 23, 2010 1:58 pm

This is such a great post especially for recent college grads having difficulty finding a job! In this job market, you have to be aggressive, creative and show a potential employer how you can add value to their organization. Anyone this creative has obvious potential (especially in marketing) to be a top performer.

Wendyon May 21, 2010 4:29 pm

Loved it. Very creative. Highly recommend creativity for job seekers. I took a very creative offline approach in 2001 after I lost my dot com job. The market was similar to know – lots of talent unemployed workers. My approach got me noticed and got me a job.

BloggerDailyon May 21, 2010 2:05 pm

Gosh. Creative!!

Kevin Muldoonon May 21, 2010 10:04 am

Great video. Really simple idea when you think about it too.

Web Marketing Tipson May 21, 2010 6:26 am

Nice to see that top directors also google their name and he just capitalised that.

Awesome … after reading this posts few ideas are also shining in my brain … 🙂

Sachinon May 21, 2010 3:19 am

very inspiring …I like it very much…thanks…

Tomon May 20, 2010 9:40 pm

‘outside the box’ at its finest!

Murluon May 20, 2010 9:14 pm

It’s really awesome to use Google like that.

There was also a designer that created a new design for MySpace and used social media to tell about it. Sure enough, people at MySpace contacted him and he’s now working closely with them 🙂

Juliuson May 20, 2010 5:14 pm

I think that using just the right amount of convincing words helped him a lot in succeeding in this innovative way to get work.

Marijaon May 20, 2010 3:22 pm

This is sooo cool! Thanks for sharing it, Daniel. It just reminds me that opportunities are around us but we have to think out of the box in order to catch them.

Jonathan Volkon May 20, 2010 1:09 pm

Thanks for the mention! It really is a great video!

mohsinon May 20, 2010 12:34 pm

this is really great and very nice tactic indeed. Really creative guy 😉
Good luck to for his career